The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-19

an important industry.
Columbis, the county seat OF Msury.
and the proposed terminus Of a branch
road, has q population OF about 5000
Situated on the south bank of Dack
river, at the base Of NJ 1unt Parnassus.
surrounded by the most fertile coun.
try In Tennessee, endowed with all
natural advantages, noted for her cot.
ton, wooden. ice and wood factories.
Touring and other mills, the seat of
several large and successfully msn.
aged educational institutions, with the
Louisville and Nashville, Duck River
Valley, Nashville and florence and
the proposed Tennessee Midland rail.
roads, giving her facilities for drawing
from the adjacent valleys and hills
cotton, timber, coal, iron ore aud lime
stone, her present man uiacturing en-.
terpriees will be increased many timee
over, and che will become a very i'm.
poriant center.
Nashville, the capital OF Tenn ,see.
and county seat of Davidson, has a
population Of about $4,000 and, with
the exception Of New Orleans, is the
wealthiest and 'argsst msnp facturirg
and commercial city in the South. Her
numerous factories. with cspital ex
ceeding 100000, give employment
TO over 300 laboIere, consume ABOUT
$lO,000,000 worth Of raw material, aud
produce over $l6,000,000 worth of
manufactured goods annually. She
handles in connection with Thirteen
sawmills and twelve planning mills
over l25, COO, 900 let OF timber, a large
portion OF which Ia shipped ioreicn.
and turns out sbou, SOC, 900 barrels of
Hour from her fourteen fi)uripg mi Ia
annually. See Las three cot.
ton factories, employing some
1900 laborers, eight banks and nine
completed street railroads, and ia not
ed for her magnificent public build.
iugs and handsome residences. In the
wholesale jobblng line che rank 81 xth
In the United States as shoe market.
her average receipts being over "a 600
cases annually; as q hard ware market
she is ahta1 Of both Cincinnati and
Louisville, and 10 q market for dry
goods, clothing, hats, millinery, no.
lions, drugs and fancy goods, she
ranks ahead OF Louisville. She Is pre-.
emipently an intellectual and educa
tional center, having the largest pub.
fishing no zee In the South, and nine
or more Furnishing universities end
colleges, with over 5000 stud ,nts from
abroad
Situated on the banks OF the Gum.
berland river, surrounded by a fine
agricultural and timber country, with
rich deposits OF coal, iron ore, lime.
stone, and other minerals, Nashville
needs only increased railroad facilities
TO become large producer OF pig iron
and steel, aud double her present large
manufacturing commercial enter.
prises.
Muifrefsboro, the csunty seat OF
Rutherford, has q population OF abou,
6oOO, situsted in the blus grass basin
OF Middle Tenneeshe, on ths Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad
was the seat for long time OF the
state Capitol, and Ia now one OF the
most important live stock, com mercisl
and manufacturing centers In Middle
Tennessee.
Woodbury., the county seat Of Gan.
non, hiss a population OF about 500
and 10 thriving Town. The distance
from Duck river via Ma hville 10 Caney
Fork river, over route adopted by the
Tennessee Midland, Ia l25 miles, and
uaverses the rich blue grss, belt ol
Middle Tennessee, which is one of tbs
most productive sections Ia the United
states, noted for iis grain, fruit, ores,
aid stock rsisipg. No section haI
gwen more attention to breeding fac
sock than tho blue g'ass basin o.
Middle Tennessee. Cotton is else
iased to a considerable extent The
timber throughout this ,ction Ia yery
noe, the hard woods predomlna,iDg.
Cedar, especially 81 the largest growth
IL found In abundance.
Rock leland, situated on the Caney
FORK river, In Warren county, at tue
ioat II the great falls ard crossing oil
the Tennessee Midland aud Nc N mn.
vile x Manchester railroads, with Il,
unequAled water power, should be.
come manuiactu ring point Of grea,
imporlabcs.
| Sparta, the county seat CT White
has u population OF about 1900, and !,
the terminus OF the Nc MinLyille 4
Manchester rsil'oId. Located at Ia,
base OF the Cumberland plateau, II la,
all the advantages Of the mountain
ar and scenery ~ make II n place O
great resort, and, ~ Ihe coal h-lds n
this section ara developed, should be
C. ms q commercial caDter,
Ciossyille, the county tsa, Of Cum
beflAnd, has q population Of abou
800. The distance from Caney ForI
river, across this Cumberland plateau
TO the valley Of East Tennessee, owe
route adop,sd by the Tennessee Mid
land, u seventy Eve milee, and ira
yerees the rich coal and coal oil belt O
that section. Several seams OF supe
rior domestic steam and cooking coal
undeIlie this entire territory, which 4
noted also for lie healihLnlne,s ant
adaptsbility 10 fruit growing.
Kingston, the county seat Of Roane
has population OF about 1900 Stu
ated on the Tennessee river nj III.
mouth OF the Clinch, and surrounded
by noe agricultural country, viii
immense deposits OF marble, iron or,
and other minerals, Kingston will c1n
time 10 prosper aud increase lie man
ufacturipg industries.
Knox county, one OF the riohest Il
minerals In the Siae, will be tiayerset
aud an area hitherto closed TO Nashyill,
wares be opened.
II m
The distance up the valley OF Eu
Tennessee from the foot Of the Cum
berland plateau 20 the Virginia Stat,
line, over this route adopted by III,
Tennessee Midland, 10 about III
miles, and trAverses the rich agfionl
tursl, marble, timber, iron Gre, lime
store, siuc and other mineral section,
OF that lannon's valley.
The road will traverse the rich val.
Icy OF the Olinch river % the poin,
where the Virginia State line crosses
Olinoh ryer.
The road then from Scott county,
Va, traverses the rich coking coal OF
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